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5879 - provision Machine-Readable DVS Register Build and Support

Authority: DSIT

Call-off from a framework agreement
CPV: Information technology services (72222300)
Published contract value£3,057,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 30 Mar 2028
Contract starts 31 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

1.1 DSIT is inviting bids from specialist suppliers and/or a consortium of suppliers to design, build and run the digital verification services (DVS) register, which is a register of digital verification service providers (DVSPs) who have been registered with the government following certification against the UK Digital Identities and Attributes Trust Framework (UK DIATF). This includes maintaining, improving and integrating an existing web service - the human-readable digital verification services register (HRR) - and building and running a new web service, the machine-readable register (MRR). The MRR is an extension of the HRR and will leverage PKI technology to enable programmatic checks against a DVSP's certified and registered status in a wide variety of use cases and scenarios in which digital identity or verification services are or will be used.

Additional information:

1.1 DSIT is inviting bids from specialist suppliers and/or a consortium of suppliers to design, build and run the digital verification services (DVS) register, which is a register of digital verification service providers (DVSPs) who have been registered with the government following certification against the UK Digital Identities and Attributes Trust Framework (UK DIATF). This includes maintaining, improving and integrating an existing web service - the human-readable digital verification services register (HRR) - and building and running a new web service, the machine-readable register (MRR). The MRR is an extension of the HRR and will leverage PKI technology to enable programmatic checks against a DVSP's certified and registered status in a wide variety of use cases and scenarios in which digital identity or verification services are or will be used.

1.2 Contract Duration

1.2.1 The initial contracting period shall be two years. The Authority may extend the contract for up to three additional years, with each extension subject to annual budgetary approval.

Published procurement details

Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Buyer reference
tender_505236/1570478
Category
Services
Tender status
Complete
Award status
Active
Suitable for SMEs
No
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
No
Published tender value
£9,500,000.00
Tender deadline
Procurement method
Selective
Item 1: Delivery locations as published
SW1A 2EG; London, United Kingdom
Description

1.1 DSIT is inviting bids from specialist suppliers and/or a consortium of suppliers to design, build and run the digital verification services (DVS) register, which is a register of digital verification service providers (DVSPs) who have been registered with the government following certification against the UK Digital Identities and Attributes Trust Framework (UK DIATF). This includes maintaining, improving and integrating an existing web service - the human-readable digital verification services register (HRR) - and building and running a new web service, the machine-readable register (MRR). The MRR is an extension of the HRR and will leverage PKI technology to enable programmatic checks against a DVSP's certified and registered status in a wide variety of use cases and scenarios in which digital identity or verification services are or will be used.

1.2 Contract Duration

1.2.1 The initial contracting period shall be two years. The Authority may extend the contract for up to three additional years, with each extension subject to annual budgetary approval.

Key dates

Published dates
  1. Award decision
    31 Mar 2026
  2. Contract starts
    31 Mar 2026
  3. Notice published
    22 Apr 2026
  4. Contract ends
    30 Mar 2028

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

  • DSITContracting authority 22-26 Whitehall, London, SW1 2AG, EnglandContact email

Suppliers named on the notice

  • Ernst & Young LLPSupplier 1 More Place London
    Identifier
    OC300001 · GB-COH
    Voluntary, community or social enterprise
    No
    Business size
    Large

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • n/a awardDocumentDOCX
  • n/a awardDocumentZIP

Notices published for this procedure

Source record

Source
Contracts Finder
Notice language
en
Release reference
ocds-b5fd17-8b1e519d-b1c7-4324-84e8-9732437bdc08-2026-04-22T11:27:21+01:00
Published
22 Apr 2026
Latest update
22 Apr 2026
Procedure reference
ocds-b5fd17-8b1e519d-b1c7-4324-84e8-9732437bdc08
Contract reference
ocds-b5fd17-8b1e519d-b1c7-4324-84e8-9732437bdc08-1